{"id":1450,"date":"2023-10-30T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/?post_type=composer&p=1450"},"modified":"2024-01-10T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:04:03","slug":"hummie-mann","status":"publish","type":"composer","link":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/composer\/hummie-mann\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummie Mann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the Shadows<\/strong><\/em> (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRIMAVERA V<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from the composer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was first introduced to Charline von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>, I was struck by the sense of movement that the work projected.\u00a0 Although the foreground images immediately grab one\u2019s attention \u2013 much like a melody stands out in a piece of music \u2013 to me it is the background of the piece that gives the work its sense of motion, similar to a musical accompaniment texture. In the Shadows<\/em><\/strong> is my interpretation of this aspect of the work – the energy of the movement created by the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian born composer Hummie Mann has worked primarily in film writing original scores for more than 50 feature and television projects.  His theatrical work includes the orchestral scores to Mel Brooks\u2019 \u201cRobin Hood: Men in Tights\u201d and \u201cDracula, Dead and Loving It\u201d, the children\u2019s film \u201cThomas and the Magic Railroad\u201d and the feature documentary \u201cThe Automat\u201d for which he received a 2022 Critic\u2019s Choice Award nomination for best documentary score.  His television work includes the mini-series \u201cP.T. Barnum\u201d starring Beau Bridges, the mini-series remake of \u201cIn Cold Blood\u201d starring Eric Roberts and Anthony Edwards, and the Norman Jewison produced series \u201cPicture Windows\u201d – winning the Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Underscore for the episode \u201cLanguage of the Heart\u201d directed by Jonathan Kaplan.  Suites of his film scores have been performed in concert and in May 2023 the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra devoted an entire evening to Mann\u2019s film music.  He also composed 70 minutes of music for the live performance of \u201cVan Helsing\u2019s Dracula\u201d \u2013 an immersive Circus Dinner Theater production in Los Angeles.  Besides the 7 soundtracks that have been released of his film scores, Dragon\u2019s Domain Records has released the first 2 volumes of \u201cThe Hummie Mann Collection\u201d.  Excerpts of his film scores have been viewed on You Tube more than 10 million times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides his composing work, he also teaches film scoring at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program, which he created.  In 2015 he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Salford, England and has been a guest lecturer at schools in the US and also has taught seminars in Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Beijing and Dakhla (Morocco). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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